Can you build fire from a lemon? The answer as absurd as it sounds is YES!!!
Survival tricks are in abundance on the net. Every day you may get to read about some new hack or another. Along with human evolution comes some several innovations in life among which a few are so unique you will find it hard to be true.
The most important requirement of man's need to survive in the wild is fire. Fire has always been a requisite even from prehistoric times. As long as you have fire, you can cook; boil water for consumption as well as for warmth and protection from wild animals. The big question is how do you build a fire?? Even more so is how do you use a lemon to do it? Read on.
1 large lemon
Copper clip fasteners
Zinc nails
A few 4 inch strands of metal wire
Two thin gauge insulated wires
Steel wool
Follow the video and press the copper clip fasteners and the zinc nails into the lemon in two lines. Both should be parallel to each other. Now on either side leave one nail and one fastener free. Connect the others using wire where one clip should be connected to a nail. Now touch both wires to a piece of steel wool, a short circuit is created resulting in A FIRE!! Amazing isn't it.
The ascorbic acid within the lemon acts as an electrolyte in a regular battery creating the potential for 1 volt of electricity FROM A LEMON. That's how you create a fire from a lemon. Watch the video to get a clearer picture.
